The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition represents a significant step forward in smart home automation, focusing on local voice control as an alternative to cloud-based systems. This open source ...

I am several months into building an all-Matter smart home. With privacy being such a key part of Matter, it feels odd to be reliant on a cloud-based voice assistant. So I tried out an offline-only ...

I've been all-in on Home Assistant for the past year, building out my smart home and seeing many quality-of-life upgrades as a result. From linking my PC's audio interface to my smart lights to custom ...

I don't have enough home right now to automate (and a miniscule power budget*), but once I do I will definitely have to keep this in mind. Google Assistant used to be really handy. I had some basic ...